When CMS announced on Halloween that it had published the 2015 Physician Fee Schedule Final rule, many practices were a bit spooked to review it — but fortunately, the finalized version of the document doesn’t differ too wildly from the proposal that the agency published earlier this year. Read on to discover several of the most impactful items from the 1,185-page document.

No Negative Conversion Factor — Yet

When it comes to the conversion factor, the fee schedule had some good news buyessaysonlinecheap.net. Because the Protecting Access to Medicare Act won’t allow any cuts in the conversion factor through March 31, 2015, CMS has finalized the conversion factor of $35.8013 through that date. Starting April 1, however, you’ll be looking at a conversion factor cut of 21.2 percent through the end of 2015 unless...